Director of Executive/Corporate Recruiting
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Director of Executive/Corporate Recruiting at Cottonwood Financial
- Past
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- Executive/Corporate Recruiter at Q Investments
- VP Recruiting at SummitAlliance Investment Group
- Executive Recruiter (Principal) at Echelon Group
- Executive Recruiter (Principal) at Tricom Group
- Executive Recruiter (Senior Associate) at Korn/Ferry International
- Executive Recruiter (Research Associate to Senior Associate) at Heidrick & Struggles
- MBA Internship at Lehman Brothers
- Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds) at Fidelity Investments
- Stockbroker at Stuart James Investment Bankers
- Education
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- Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
- Texas A&M University
- Lakehill Preparatory School
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Mike McMillin’s Summary
14 years of executive recruiting experience. (7 years in retained executive recruiting, 7 years in corporate executive recruiting)
Mike McMillin’s Experience
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Director of Executive/Corporate Recruiting
Cottonwood Financial
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Report to the CEO/Founder. Manage the recruiting of C-level to mid-management level corporate positions for the firm across all functions.
Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Las Colinas, Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers in the retail consumer finance industry. -
Executive/Corporate Recruiter
Q Investments
(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)
February 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Reported to a Partner. Recruited for C-level to mid-management level positions within the fund's portfolio companies. Recruited top tier MBAs and senior level investment professionals to manage the fund.
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VP Recruiting
SummitAlliance Investment Group
(Investment Management industry)
February 2003 — January 2005 (2 years)
Reported to the CEO/Founder. Recruited (internally) C-level to college interns. Recruited (externally) Brokers, Financial Advisors, and CPAs to use SummitAlliance’s managed money solutions.
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Executive Recruiter (Principal)
Echelon Group
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Reported to the CEO. Retained Executive Search. (Company Closed)
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Executive Recruiter (Principal)
Tricom Group
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Reported to Managing Partner/Co-Founder. Executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in early-stage, VC-backed, technology companies. (Company Closed)
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Executive Recruiter (Senior Associate)
Korn/Ferry International
(Public Company; KFY; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Reported to the Managing Partner of the Dallas office. Executed retained searches with Venture Capital backed to Fortune 100 companies for VP and C-level executive positions. Industry focus was in technology and consumer goods.
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Executive Recruiter (Research Associate to Senior Associate)
Heidrick & Struggles
(Public Company; HSII; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
Reported to Managing Partner. Executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in technology, consumer goods and financial services industries.
(Sandhurst Associates/TASA/TMP acquired by Heidrick) -
MBA Internship
Lehman Brothers
(Public Company; Investment Management industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year)
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Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds)
Fidelity Investments
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
1990 — 1994 (4 years)
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Stockbroker
Stuart James Investment Bankers
(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)
1990 — 1990 (less than a year)
Mike McMillin’s Education
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Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
MBA , Finance/Marketing , 1993 — 1995
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Texas A&M University
BS , Economics, Minor in Business Administration , 1985 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Corps of Cadets (Executive Officer - Squadron 16)
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Lakehill Preparatory School
College Prep , 1974 — 1985
Mike McMillin’s Contact Settings
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- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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